I have never had much luck with this type of bg but what I am finding is that using a better quality WC paper and a LOT more water is giving phenomenal results!!
I happened to see the challenge posted last night right before I went to bed so took a few extra minutes to Press my 3 inks onto a piece of cling wrap. At the last second, I decided to add the tiniest spot of pearl-ex powder right in the center, Then spritzed heavily with water - laid on my WC paper, flipped it all over and scrunched up the cling wrap. I figured it would be dry by morning and ready to make a project. Fast forward 9 hours . . . . while I could see through the cling wrap that there were some really nice markings, the piece was still pretty WET!! . . .and so starts the waiting game which makes this girl crazy - lol. Tick - Tick -tick -tick . . .
Finally dry enough to work with after 14 hrs dry time! That tiny dot of pearl-ex traveled far and wide on my piece but I quickly realized it was floating on top of the paper so sprayed the whole thing with hairspray which sealed it nicely. The colors & patterns made me think of an Arctic Ice floe so pulled out my penguins, stamped and added a bit of color & shading with Arteza WC brush markers. I didn't want to cover too much of this fun bg so used the smallest label die possible to die cut my image after fussy cutting all the overhang areas. Die cut a second piece the same size and cut it in quarter to slide outwards an frame my piece. Finished with my sentiment stamped in black.
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Tue, Aug 04, 2020 @ 7:53 AM
This makes me think of ice too, Linda! AND I think that choosing the right paper makes all the difference too! LOVE what you've done with this!!! PERFECT!!! ;)<3